swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
is swooning
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present progressiveof swoon (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The boxing world is swooning over Moses Itauma.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
Investors, who had been selling bonds over concerns about inflation and tighter monetary policy from the Fed, lately have been putting their money into Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities now that the stock market is swooning.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022
Even in defeat, the country is swooning for the English manager.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2018
Oil, selling at $36 per barrel on Friday morning, is swooning to levels not seen in years.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2015
Surely the wind is swooning on the ground, And listening to some holy, mystic birth Preparing in the entrails of the earth.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
